Audio-visual toy

ABSTRACT

An audio-visual toy uses a record element bearing recordings and visual displays, and the toy includes a movable transducer for reproducing sound from the recordings while the visual displays stand still. A selector mechanism is movable relative to the displays, and its position determines the recording tracked by the transducer. Such an arrangement is embodied in a questionand-answer toy.

United States Patent Scott 1 Apr. 25, 1972 54 AU])I()-VISUAL TOY2,936,342 5/1960 Kallmann ..35/35 C X 3,491,462 l/l970 Ward ..35/35 C[72] Inventor: Donald W. Scott, East Aurora, N.Y.

- Primary ExaminerWm. l-l. Grieb [73] Assignee. The Quaker Oats CompanyAnamey cumpstom Shaw & Stephens [22] Filed: Jan. 15, 1970 [57] ABSTRACT[2 1] Appl. No.: 3,008

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The invention audio-visual toy includes asupport for holding a record element having visual displays andcorrelated recordings; a movable transducer is driven for tracking therecordings to reproduce sound from the recordings; and a selectormechanism is movably mounted on the support for choosing between thevisual displays and determining which of the recordings the transducerwill track. Many specific features and refinements of such toy are alsocovered by the invention.

DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a partially cut-away front elevational view of apreferred embodiment of the inventive toy;

FIGS. Ia and lb are fragmentary cross-sectional views taken along theidentified lines of FIG. 1;

FIG. 2 is a partially cut-away side elevational view of the toy of FIG.1;

FIG. 3 is a top view ofthe toy of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of a preferred record element of thetoy of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view of the record element of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary, side-elevational view of the winding mechanismfor the toy of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary, elevational view of a sound transducer anddrive mechanism for the inventive toy;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of the sound mechanism of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a yoke mechanism for use in the inventive toy;

FIG. 9a is a fragmentary, side-elevational view of the yoke mechanism ofFIG. 9;

FIG. 10 is a fragmentary, elevational view of a selector mechanism forthe inventive toy;

FIG. 10:: is a fragmentary, cross-sectional view taken as indicated inFIG. 10;

FIG. 11 is a fragmentary, side-elevational view of the mechanism of FIG.10;

FIG. 12 is a fragmentary, elevational view of an alternative selectormechanism for the inventive toy; and

FIG. 12a is a fragmentary, cross-sectional view taken as indicated inFIG. 12.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The drawings show one preferred embodiment of theinvention designed as a question-and-answer toy, but it should beunderstood that many other toys are possible within the spirit of theinvention.

Before considering the details of the illustrated toy, it would behelpful to have a general understanding of its operation. It is aquestion-and-answer toy using record elements having sound recordingsand visual displays arranged so that the record element can be held inthe toy and sounds reproduced from its recordings while its visualdisplays are visible to a child operator. A selector mechanism ismovable by the child for selecting one of several visual displays andthe correlated sound recording to be played. The child indexes therecord element and energizes the sound system by moving handles on thefront of the toy. In general, the first sounding asks a question, thechild selects a visual answer, and a second sounding reports on theappropriateness of the answer.

Toy 10 includes a support 11 formed as a housing or casing for theworking elements of the toy. Support 11 has rear projections l2 enablingit to stand freely for operation, and projections 12 are preferablyspaced to straddle a childs legs so that the toy can rest on a childslap. The moving parts in toy 10 are preferably dynamically balanced forsmooth operation at any orientation.

Support 11 includes a carrying handle 14 and is formed with a slot 13for receiving a record element 15. Slot 13 opens at the top of support11 near carrying handle 14 so that record element 15 can be inserted andwithdrawn. Record element 15 is a generally plane, circular disk havinga central hole 16 and notches 17 around its perimeter.

The rear face 18 of record element 15 has recordings preferably formedas mechanically modulated grooves arranged in spiral patterns. Twoalternatives for such recordings are shown in FIG. 5. Recordings 19 havefour, radially separated spiral grooves 20 arranged generallyconcentrically, and recordings 21 have four angularly separated spiralgrooves 22 winding inward together in generally concentric paths.

The front face 23 of record element 14 has visual displays asillustrated in FIG. 4. Record element 15 has eight index positions witheight notches l7, eight groups of recordings 19 or 21, and eight visualdisplay groups 24. Each of the display groups 24 is visible insuccession through opening 29 in the front face of support 11 as recordelement 15 is indexed through its eight operating positions. Each of thedisplay groups 24 includes a reference display 25 and related displays26-28. The reference displays 25 illustrate a visual question orproblem, and the related displays 26-28 illustrate visual answers orsolutions. Record grooves 20 or 22 are each correlated with one of thedisplays 25-28 to provide an appropriate sound message matching eachdisplay. Many question and answer games, quizzes, and informationalpresentations can be used with such an arrangement.

SOUND SYSTEM Recordings 19 or 21 are preferably mechanically modulatedas generally known in the art, and a stylus 30 is vibrated by trackingthe modulations to reproduce the recorded sounds. Stylus 30 is movablymounted on rotatable head 31 as described more fully below. Head 31 alsocarries speaker 32 that is driven by the vibrations from stylus 30. Head31 is carried on pivots 33 and 34 extending from rotatably drivenelement 35. The periphery of element 35 is formed as a pulley wheel andcarries a belt 36 extending around pulley 37 of a governor or speedregulator to control the speed of rotation of element 35 and head 31.

Rotational power for head 31 is supplied by spring motor drive 38 whichis arranged coaxially with driven element 35. Energy is supplied tospring motor drive 38 by a pull string 39 that is tensioned and moved bythe child operator. Handle 40 on the outside of support 11 is arrangedfor moving vertically downward in a slot 41, and a traveler 42 arrangedinside the front face of support 11 is secured to handle 40 and arrangedfor moving vertically on guide rail 43.

As best shown in FIG. 6, pull string 39 extends over pulleys 45 and 46and is fastened to a carriage 44 disposed below traveler 42 and arrangedfor moving vertically on guide rail 43. Carriage 44 also carries amovable cog 47 biased by a spring 48 to ride against the teeth of aratchet 49 arranged below and parallel with guide rail 43. As handle 40is pulled downward in slot 41, traveler 42 forces carriage 44 downwardto move pull string 39 for winding spring motor drive 38.

Cog 47 rides downward over the teeth of ratchet 49, and if the downwardmotion of handle 40 is stopped before reaching the bottom of slot 41,cog 47 engages the teeth of ratchet 49 under the bias of spring 48 andprevents any upward movement of carriage 44. This prevents partialwinding of spring motor drive 38, and partial play of a sound messagefrom the record grooves. Near the bottom of the motion of handle 40, theteeth of ratchet 49 terminate to allow room for pivoting of cog 47counterclockwise as illustrated in FIG. 6 so that carriage 44 is free tomove upward on guide rail 43 as spring motor drive 38 turns to rotatehead 31 and rewind pull string 39. Near the top of the travel of handle40 and carriage 44, the teeth of ratchet 49 are also cut away to allowcog 47 to be cammed clockwise as illustrated in FIG. 6 by engagementwith the teeth of ratchet 49 for riding freely downward.

Head 31 is preferably formed of plastic material in the generallycylindrical shape illustrated to support speaker 32 on a ledge 51 aroundthe inside periphery of head 31. A framework 52 extends across head 31at the back of speaker 32 with openings for transmission of the backradiation from speaker 32. A grille-like opening 53 is formed in thefront of support 11 for allowing sound from speaker 32 to pass outwardfrom toy 10. Head 31 carries gudgeons or pivots 54 pivotally supportingspeaker rocker arm 55 for rocking motion about its pivot axis 56extending between pivots 54. A plug 57 joined to speaker 32 in itscentral region is fastened to one side of speaker rocker arm 55 by aflexible tab 58 extending from plug 57. Tab 58 connects to speakerrocker arm 55 off the pivot axis 56 so that rocking motion of speakerrocker arm 55 drives tab 58 in and out to vibrate speaker 32. Tab 58 andplug 57 are preferably formed of plastic and can have a variety ofshapes. Also, tab 58 can be secured to rocker arm 55 in a variety ofways or can be formed integrally with rocker arm 55 and secured to plug57. Tab 58 or other connector between speaker 32 and speaker rocker arm55 is substantially rigid in the driving direction of speaker 32 butsufficiently flexible transverse to this direction so that it can bendslightly as rocker arm 55 moves.

Head 31 also carries tone arm 50 having a pivot 59 allowing motion backand forth as indicated by the double-headed arrow. A spring 60 securedto pivot 59 and head 31 biases tone arm 50 radially outward relative tohead 31 so that stylus 30 starts in an outer turn of spirals 20 or 22and tracks inward. Stylus 30 could also track outward, and for this,spring 60 would bias tone arm 50 inward relative to head 31. Pivotalmotion of tone arm 50 is limited by an inward stop 61 and an outwardstop 62.

Gudgeons or pivots 63 on tone arm 50 support stylus rocker arm 64 forpivotal rocking motion about its pivot axis 65 ex tending between pivots63. Vibrations of stylus 30 in response to the modulations in recordings19 or 21 produce rocking motion in stylus rocker arm 64. Preferably themodulations in spirals 20 and 22 are lateral or transverse, and stylus30 is mounted near pivot axis 65. A similar arrangement can be used forvertical groove modulations of spirals 20 or 22 with stylus 30 mountedwell off pivot axis 65.

Bearing ridges 66 and 67 are formed on the edges of speaker rocker arm55 on opposite sides of pivot axis 56, and face or extend toward stylusrocker arm 64. Stylus rocker arm 64 has bearing surfaces 68 and 69 onopposite sides of pivot axis 65 respectively engaging ridges 66 and 67of speaker rocker arm 55. As stylus 30 bears against spirals 20 or 22,stylus rocker arm 64 maintains contact with speaker rocker arm 55, andthe pivot arc of tone arm 50 is such that this contact is continuous allthe way between stops 61 and 62.

in operation, if a groove modulation moves stylus 30 to depress surface69 and elevate surface 68 relative to speaker rocker arm 55, then ridge67 is depressed, and ridge 66 is elevated to move tab 58 for advancingspeaker 32 to direct a compression phase forward from toy 10. Amodulation in the other direction moves stylus 30 to depress surface 68and elevate surface 69 relative to speaker rocker arm 55. This depressesridge 66 and elevates ridge 67 to move tab 58 for retracting speaker 32to form a rarefaction phase. The modulations of the record grooves arethus transmitted through stylus 30, stylus rocker arm 64, speaker rockerarm 55, tab 58, and plug 57, to speaker 32 for producing the soundrecorded in the modulations of recordings 19 or 21.

Since spring biases tone arm 50 outward, an inward tracking force isexerted on stylus 30 by the outer edge of spirals 20 or 22 as stylus 30tracks inward. This inward tracking force tends to rotate stylus rockerarm 64 to depress surface 68 and elevate surface 33. To compensate forthis, stylus 30 is offset from pivot axis radially outward so that itsforce against the record grooves normal to the plane of record element15 tends toward an opposite rotation of arm 64. This keeps stylus rockerarm 64 in relative equilibrium between stylus pressure forces andtracking forces and improves the fidelity of the sound.

The frictional drag on stylus 30 tends to rotate stylus rocker armlongitudinally to press upward on after pivot 63 and downward on forwardpivot 63. This tends to elevate surface 68 and depress surface 69. Tocompensate, stylus 30 is preferably mounted forward of speaker rockerarm pivot axis 56 in the direction of travel of stylus 30 in the recordgrooves. The rotational tendency from stylus force normal to recordelement 15 then balances the torque from the frictional drag.

Preferably tone arm 50 is balanced by weight 70 arranged on the oppositeside of journal 59 from stylus rocker arm 64, and balance weight 71 ispreferably added to head 31 opposite tone arm 50 so that the entireassembly is rotationally balanced. Toy 10 can then be operated in anyorientation with equal and balanced results.

SELECTION SYSTEM Head 31 is pivotally supported on pivots 33 and 34 forrotation in the direction of the arrow, and a spring 72 secured todriven element 35 is arranged to bias head 31 in a pivotal directionsuch as to bring stylus 30 into engagement with record element 15. Tonearm 50 and stylus 30 are generally arranged off the axis of head 31toward one side of head 31, and a lug 73 extends outward from head 31 inapproximately the same radial region of head 31 as occupied by stylus30.

A yoke 75 is pivotally mounted on pivots 76 on support 11 and biased byspring 77 toward a normally assumed position as shown in FIGS. 9 and 9awhere it does not engage head 31. Yoke 75 includes a ring 78 encirclinghead 31 and arranged to engage lug 73 on the side of head 31 if yoke 75is actuated by movement from its normally assumed position. Suchengagement of ring 78 with lug 73 moves head 31 against the bias ofspring 72 to retract stylus 30 from record element 15 as shown in brokenlines in FIG. 90. Such retraction of stylus 30 allows tone arm 50 toswing radially outward under the bias of its spring 60 for starting atthe radially outermost portions of spirals 20 and 22.

A selector mechanism is arranged for selecting the spirals 20 or 22 tobe tracked by stylus 30 as head 31 is rotated. The selector mechanismincludes a selector lever or pointer 79 arranged on the front face ofsupport 11 and pointing toward opening 29 in which display groups 24 arevisible. A hub 80 carrying pointer 79 extends through the front wall ofsupport 11 to the interior of the toy for operating devices to controlthe tracking of grooves by stylus 30. A spring 81 biases hub 80counterclockwise as viewed in FIG. 1 so that pointer 79 normally movesto the left to point toward reference display 25. A sector 82 or 82aextends radially outward from hub 80 inside support 11 for positioninggroove selection devices. FIGS. l012 show tow modes of selectoroperation for guiding stylus 30 into spirals 20 and 22 respectively.These will be described more fully below.

Sectors 82 and 82: each have an arcuate region 83 formed with notches 84facing toward yoke 75, and yoke 75 has a follower 85 facing towardnotches 84. As selector pointer 79 is moved between choice positions,notches 84 depress follower 85 and actuate yoke 75 to retract stylus 30.Yoke 75 is held out of its normally assumed position except whenselector pointer 79 is centered on a choice position with follower 85detented in one of the notches 84. This not only-detents the selectormechanism in choice positions, but retracts stylus 30 as the selectormechanism is moved between choice position. Also, actuation of yoke 75for any other reason removes follower 85 from notches 84 and letspointer 79 move counterclockwise under the bias of spring 81 to theposition illustrated in FIG. 1. Furthermore, actuation of yoke 75 toretract stylus 30 allows tone arm 50 to swing radially outward so thatstylus 30 always starts from its radially outermost position after anyactuation of yoke 75.

As best shown in FIG. 10, sector 82 of the selector mechanism has a camslot 86 for positioning a cam 87 pivotally mounted on pivot 88 on plate100 in support 11 to move generally radially relative to head 31. Cam 87has a follower projection 89 riding in slot 86, and angular movement ofsector 82 between detented choice positions moves cam 87 radially inwardand outward between its broken-line and solidline positions Such anarrangement is used for selecting the one of the spirals 20 to betracked by stylus 30 where spirals 20 are radially separated asillustrated.

A stylus follower projection 90 extends outward from stylus rocker arm64 in the region of stylus 30 and is engaged by a shaped surface 91 ofcam 87. Stylus 30 starts in a radially outward position, as previouslyexplained, and cam 87 is positioned as controlled by sector 82 andpointer 79. During the first revolution of head 31, stylus follower 90is picked up by surface 91 of cam 87 to hold stylus 30 away from recordelement 15. As stylus follower 90 moves over shaped surface 91, itengages the radially outward edge 92 of cam 87 and is carried to arelease region 93 where it drops off the end ofsurface 91. The radialposition of release region 93 thus determines which one of the spirals20 stylus 30 will engage, and since release region 93 is radiallymovable over spirals 20, the positioning of pointer 79 can effectivelyselect one of the four spirals 20 to be tracked by stylus 30. Duringsubsequent revolutions of head 31, stylus 30 remains in the spiralgroove it dropped into, and stylus 30 and follower 90 just clear cam 787.

In normal practice, pointer 79 is initially positioned at the lefttowards reference display 25 as illustrated in FIG. 1 with cam 87 in itssolid-line position as shown in FIG. so that the first soundreproduction is from the radially outermost spiral asking a question orconveying a message as to reference display 25. Then pointer 79 is movedto point to one of the related displays 26-28, and the sound system isreactivated to rotate head 31. The position of pointer 79 determines theposition of cam 87 and release region 93 so that during the firstrevolution of head 31 stylus follower 90 is picked up to remove stylus30 from record element 15, and stylus follower 90 is guided to releaseregion 93 and dropped to allow stylus 30 to engage the selected one ofthe spirals 20. This reproduces a sound message as to the relationshipbetween the selected display and the reference display.

As best shown in FIGS. 12 and 12a, sector 82a is similar to sector 82generally and operates through a similar arcuate scope. Sector 82a hasteeth 94 meshing with teeth 95 of a rotatable cam 96 carried over acircular opening in plate 100 concentrically with and closely adjacenthead 31. Cam 96 has a groove 97 around its periphery, and a stylusfollower 98 projects outward from stylus rocker arm 64 in the region ofstylus 30 for riding in groove 97, A portion of cam 96 is cut away toform an opening 99 leading from groove 97 providing a release regionletting stylus follower 98 drop from groove 97 so that stylus 30 canengage record element 15. Such an arrangement is preferred for selectingthe one of the angularly separated spirals 22 to be tracked by stylus30.

In operation, when yoke 75 is actuated to depress head 31 and retractstylus 30 from record element 15, tone arm 50 swings radially outward sothat stylus follower 98 moves to the region of groove 97 of cam 96. Thenwhen yoke 75 returns to its normally assumed position, stylus follower98 drops into groove 97 to hold stylus 30 away from record element 15.As the sound system is actuated to rotate head 31, stylus follower 98rides in groove 97 for a part of the first revolution until follower 98falls into release region opening 99 to let stylus 30 contact recordelement 15. Since release region 99 is angularly movable under controlof sector 820, the position of pointer 79 and sector 820 controls theone of the angularly separated spirals 22 that stylus 30 will firstcontact and thereafter track.

RECORD-INDEXING Record element 15 has eight display groups 24 andcorrelated recordings 19 or 21 and is preferably indexed through eightpositions for displaying each of the groups 24 and for reproducing soundfrom each of the recordings 19 or 21. N otches 17 are used for suchindexing.

A handle 101 arranged on the front face of support 11 for movementvertically in slot 102 controls the indexing. Handle 101 is secured to atraveler 103 inside support 11 for moving vertically on a guide rail104. A spring 105 fastened to traveler 103 and to support 11 biasestraveler 103 upward so traveler 103 and handle 101 return to the top ofslot 102 after each actuation.

An index pawl 106 is pivotally carried on traveler 103 and is biased bya spring 107 toward engagement with record element 15. At the uppermostposition of handle 101 and traveler 103, pawl 106 engages rest surface108 and is out of contact with record element 15. As handle 101 ispulled downward, pawl 106 moves downward and pivots counterclockwiseunder the bias of spring 107 to engage a notch 17 adjacent rest surface108 as shown in broken lines in FIG. 1 for moving record element 15counterclockwise one full index position.

At full advancement of pawl 106 and record element 15, holding pawl 109resiliently snaps into a subsequent notch 17 to hold record element 15against any reversal. The bottom perimeter of record element 15 is heldagainst axial movement by guide tab 110, and location lugs 111 help fixthe radial position of record element 15. After full downward travel ofhandle 101 and traveler 103, handle 101 is released to return upwardunder the bias of spring 105, and index pawl 106 withdraws verticallyand clockwise to ride back up on to rest surface 108. In such position,index pawl 106 is ready for a subsequent indexing of record element 15.

Traveler 103 has a cam surface 126 leading into a slot 127 arranged forengaging and travelling along the edge 128 of yoke 75 to move yoke 75from its normally assumed position to an actuated position as traveler103 moves downward. Cam surface 126 engages edge 128 to actuate yoke 75,and slot 127 holds edge 128 to maintain yoke 75 in its actuated positionuntil traveler 103 returns back up to the top of slot 102. Suchactuation of yoke 75 ensures that stylus 30 is retracted from recordelement 15 during its indexing.

To ensure proper indexing of record element 15 to an operating positionbefore running the sound system, a registration lug 112 (FIG. 1a) iscarried on yoke 75 to extend toward record element 15 and is arranged tofit into one of the notches 17 whenever record element 15 is properlyindexed. In any intermediate position between operating positions ofrecord element 15, registration lug 112 does not fit into a notch 17 andis held aside to maintain yoke 72 in an actuated position and keepstylus 30 away from record element 15. This prevents operation of stylus30 unless recordings 19 or 21 are accurately concentric with head 31.The actuation of yoke 75 by cam surface 1260f index traveler 103retracts registration lug 112 from notch 17 to free record element 15for index motion.

RECORD CHANGING Record element 15 is preferably removable from toy I0and interchangeable with other record elements by withdrawal andinsertion of record element 15 through the'top opening of slot 13. Aslot-blocking member 113 having a blocking projection 1 15 at its upperend is mounted on pivot 114 for movably obstructing the top of slot 113.The lower end 116 of slotblocking member 113 engages a lever 117supported on pivot 118 and having a forked end 119 engaging radialprojections 120 on axially movable hub 121. A spring 122 biases hub 121toward engagement with central hole 16 in record element 15 and the biasof spring 122 tends to pivot lever 117 clockwise as illustrated in FIG.2. To insert or withdraw a record element 15, slot-blocking projection115 is moved aside to pivot lever 117, compress spring 122, and retracthub 121 for clearing the slot 13.

A projection 123 extending outward from hub 121 engages a lug 124 onyoke 75 so that retraction of hub 121 moves yoke 75 from its normallyassumed position for an actuation that retracts stylus 30 from the pathof recorded element 15. Actuation of yoke 75 also lets tone arm 50 swingoutward and frees selector pointer 79 for rotating to its normallyassumed position,

Hole 16 in record element 15 is preferably conical as illustrated to fitthe corresponding conical shape 125 of the tip of hub 121. This requiresthe display face 23 of record element 15 to face outward for seating theconical tip 125 of hub 121 in hole 16. If record element 15 is placed inslot 13 backwards, then hub 121 does not seat in hole 16, and yoke 75 isheld in an actuated position by projection 123 and lug 124. Thisprevents stylus 30 from engaging the front display face 23 of recordelement 15.

ALTERNATIVES It can be seen from the above description of theillustrated toy that many separate functions and devices combine toaccomplish the working of the toy. Many of these have substitutes oralternatives that can be adapted to the spirit of the invention. Forexample, the sound reproduction need not be mechanical, the recordingsneed not be mechanically modulated grooves, and electric sound systemsor magnetic recording systems can be used within the spirit of theinvention. Also, the features of the invention can be used in many otherways in different toys.

Persons wishing to practice the invention should remember that otherembodiments and variations can be adapted to particular circumstances.Even though one point of view is necessarily chosen in describing anddefining the invention, this should not inhibit broader or relatedembodiments going beyond the semantic orientation of this applicationbut falling within the spirit of the invention. For example, differentrecord index devices, different motor drive arrangements, differentstylus and speaker mounting systems, and different ways of interchangingrecords can all be devised within the spirit of the invention.

1 claim:

1. An audio visual toy comprising:

a. a support;

b. a record element held by said support;

c. a plurality of visual displays arranged on said record element to bevisible to an operator;

d. a plurality of recordings on said record element;

e. each of said recordings being correlated to one of said visualdisplays; a transducer for reproducing sound from from said recordings;

. means for mounting said transducer for movement relative to saidrecord element for tracking recordings while said visible displays standstill;

means for driving said transducer in said tracking motion; a selectormechanism movably mounted on said support for selecting an operatorschoice of said visual displays;

. said selector mechanism being arranged so that the selection of one ofsaid visual displays determines that said transducer will track the oneof said recordings correlated with said selected visual display whensaid transducer is driven relative to said record element;

k. a yoke;

1. means for movably mounting said yoke on said support;

m. means for biasing said yoke toward a normally assumed position;

it. means for interengaging said yoke and said transducer mounting meansupon said actuation for retracting said transducer from said recordelement; and

0. means for interengaging said selector mechanism and said yoke tocause said actuation of said yoke when said selector mechanism is movedfrom a choice position.

2. The toy of claim 1 wherein said record element is removable from saidsupport and interchangeable with other record elements, and means arearranged on said support for causing said actuation of said yoke whensaid record element is moved to or from its operating position.

3. The toy of claim 2 wherein said record element is generally planewith said visual displays arranged on one face and said recordingsarranged on the opposite face.

4. The toy of claim 1 wherein said record element is indexable through asequence of positions each of which includes said visual displays andsaid recordings, an index device is arranged on said support forindexing said record element, and means for interengaging said indexdevice and said yoke to cause said actuation of said yoke upon operationof said index device.

5. The toy of claim 4 wherein said record element is generally planewith said visual displays arranged on one face and said recordingsarranged on the opposite face.

6. Toy of claim 4 wherein said record element is removable from saidsupport and interchangeable with other record elements, and means arearranged on said support for causing said actuation of said yoke whensaid record element is moved to or from its operating position.

7. The toy of claim 6 wherein the periphery of said record element isformed with a notch for each of said index position, and registrationmeans is arranged for causing said actuation of said yoke except whenone of said notches is registered with said registration means.

8. The toy of clam 7 wherein the periphery of said record element isformed with a notch for each of said index positions, and registrationmeans is arranged for causing said actuation of said yoke except whenone of said notches is registered with said registration means.

9. The toy of claim 1 wherein said record element is generally planewith said visual displays arranged on one face and said recordingsarranged on the opposite face.

10. The toy of claim 1 wherein said visual displays include a referencedisplay and a plurality of related displays; a reference one ofsaid'recordings correlates with said reference display and containsinformation as to the desired relationship between said referencedisplay and one of said related displays; and a related one of saidrecordings correlates with each of said related displays and containsinformation as to the relationship between said reference display andthe respective 11. The toy of claim 10 wherein said record element isgenerally plane with said visual displays arranged on one face and saidrecordings arranged on the opposite face.

12. The toy of claim 11 wherein the periphery of said record element isformed with a plurality of index notches arranged for locating each ofsaid correlated displays and recordings.

13. The toy of claim 1 wherein said transducer mounting means comprises:a rotatably driven element; a head carrying said transducer andpivotally mounted on said driven element; a bias spring between saiddriven element and said head for biasing said head on its pivot to urgesaid transducer toward said record element; and said actuation of saidyoke being arranged to cause movement of said head against said bias.

14. The toy of claim 13 wherein said recordings comprise spiral grooveson said record element and said transducer includes a speaker and stylusarranged on said head.

15. The toy of claim 14 wherein said yoke includes a ring encirclingsaid head, and a lug is arranged on the same side of said head as saidstylus for engagement with said ring.

16. The toy of claim 15 wherein said selector mechanism is arranged tocause said actuation of said yoke when said selector mechanism is movedfrom a choice position.

17. The toy of claim 23 wherein said selector mechanism includes anotched region, and said yoke carries a follower for engaging saidnotched region for causing said actuation of said yoke when said notchedregion is moved during selection.

18. The toy of claim wherein said record element is removable from saidsupport and interchangeable with other record elements, and means arearranged on said support for causing said actuation of said yoke whensaid record element is moved to or from its operating position.

19. The toy of claim 18 wherein said record element is generally planewith said visual displays arranged on one face and said recordingsarranged on the opposite face.

20. The toy of claim 19 wherein said support is formed with a slot forreceiving said record element, a slot-blocking member is movablyarranged in said slot to be moved aside whenever said record element isinserted or withdrawn, and movement of said slot-blocking member isarranged to cause said actuation of said yoke.

21. The toy of claim 20 wherein said selector mechanism includes anotched region, and said yoke carries a follower for engaging saidnotched region for causing said actuation of said yoke when said notchedregion is moved during selection.

22. The toy of claim 20 including a movable hub for engaging a centralopening in said record element, said slot-blocking member being arrangedfor retracting said hub from said record element, and said hub beingcoupled to said yoke for causing said actuation of said yoke when saidhub is retracted.

23. The toy of claim 22 including a spring for biasing said hub towardengagement with said record element, said slotblocking member beingpivotally mounted and arranged for moving said hub against said springwhen said slot-blocking member is moved aside, and an extension fromsaid hub being arranged to engage and actuate said yoke when said hub isretracted.

24. The toy of claim 15 wherein said record element is in indexablethrough a sequence of positions each of which includes said visualdisplays and said recordings, an index device is arranged to cause saidactuation of said yoke upon operation of said index device.

25. The toy of claim 24 wherein said yoke has a surface extending in thedirection of travel of said index device, and said index includes a camfor engaging said yoke surface when said index device is moved forindexing said record element.

26. The toy of claim 24 wherein the periphery of said record element isformed with a notch for each of said index positions and registrationmeans is arranged for causing said actuation of said yoke except whenone of said notches is registered with said registration means.

27. The toy of claim 24 wherein the periphery of said record element isformed with a plurality of index notches arranged for locating each ofsaid correlated displays and recordings.

28. The toy of claim 27 wherein said index device includes a movablepawl for engaging said notches in succession to advance said recordelement upon actuation of said index device.

29. The toy of claim 28 including a holding pawl for engaging one ofsaid notches when said record element is in one of said index position.

30. The toy of claim 29 wherein said yoke has a surface extending in thedirection of travel of said index device, and said index includes a camfor engaging said yoke surface when said index device in moved forindexing said record element. 31. The toy of claim 30 wherein saidselector mechanism includes a notched region; and said yoke carries afollower for engaging said notched region for causing said actuation ofsaid yoke when said notched region is moved during selection.

32. The toy of claim 24 wherein said selector mechanism includes anotched region, and said yoke carries a follower for engaging saidnotched region for causing said actuation of said yoke when said notchedregion is moved during selection.

33. The toy of claim 24 wherein said record element is removable fromsaid support and interchangeable with other record elements, and meansare arranged on said support for causing said actuation of said yokewhen said record element is moved to of from its operating position.

34. The toy of claim 33 wherein said record element is generally planewith said visual displays arranged on one face and said recordingsarranged on the opposite face.

35. The toy of claim 34 wherein said support is formed with a slot forreceiving said record element; a slot-blocking member is movablyarranged in said slot to be moved aside wherever said record element isinserted or withdrawn; and movement of said slot-blocking member isarranged to cause said actuation of said yoke.

36. The toy of claim 35 including a movable hub for engaging a centralopening in said record element, said slot-blocking member being arrangedfor retracting said hub from said record element, and said hub beingcoupled to said yoke for causing said actuation of said yoke when saidhub is retracted.

37. The toy of claim 36 including a spring for biasing said hub towardengagement with said record element, said slotblocking member beingpivotally mounted and arranged for moving said hub against said springwhen said slot-blocking member is moved aside, and an extension fromsaid hub being arranged to engage and actuate said yoke when said hub isretracted.

38. The toy of claim 1 wherein said transducer mounting means comprisesa rotatably driven mechanism carrying said transducer and said drivingmeans includes a speed-regulated, spring motor drive arranged forrotating said driven mechanism.

39. The toy of claim 38 wherein said spring motor is wound by a cordtensioned by a carriage movable within said support, and a handleexternal to said support engages said carriage for said windingmovement.

40. The toy of claim 439 wherein a ratchet is arranged along the path ofmovement of said carriage, and a cog is pivotally arranged on saidcarriage to engage said ratchet to prevent movement of said carriagetoward an unwinding direction from any partially wound position.

41. The toy of claim 40 wherein said cog is arranged for pivoting afterfull winding motion of said carriage to permit movement of said carriageis said unwinding direction.

42. The toy of claim 1 wherein said recordings comprise spiral grooveson said record element; said transducer comprises a speaker androtatable stylus for tracking said grooves; said selector mechanismincludes a movable cam; and a follower projection is mounted in theregion of said stylus for engaging said cam to guide said stylus into aselected one of said grooves.

43. The toy of claim 42 wherein said grooves are arranged in radiallyseparated spirals and said cam is movable radially relative to saidgrooves.

44. The toy of claim 43 wherein said cam includes a surface for holdingsaid stylus away from said record element as said stylus moves and forguiding said stylus to a release region radially movable relative tosaid grooves.

45. The toy of claim 42 wherein said grooves are arranged in angularlyseparated spirals, and said cam is movable angularly relative to saidgrooves.

46. The toy of claim 45 wherein said cam includes a surface for holdingsaid stylus away from said record element as said stylus moves and forguiding said stylus to a release region angularly movable relative tosaid grooves.

47. The you of claim 42 wherein said selector mechanism includes amanually movable pointer mounted in the region of said visible displaysand coupled to said cam for positioning said cam.

48. The toy of claim 47 wherein said grooves are arranged in radiallyseparated apirals, and said cam is movable radially relative to saidgrooves; and wherein said cam includes a surface for holding sand stylusaway from said record element as said stylus moves and for holding saidstylus to a release region radially movable relative to said grooves.

49. The toy of claim 47 wherein said grooves are arranged in angularlyseparated spirals, and said cam is movable angularly relative to saidgrooves; and wherein said cam includes a surface for holding said stylusaway from said record element as said stylus moves and for guiding saidstylus to a release region angularly movable relative to said grooves.

50. The toy of claim 47 including a rotatable head supporting saidspeaker, a pivotal tone arm arranged on said head for carrying saidstylus, and a spring for biasing said tone arm radially outward relativeto said grooves.

51. The toy of claim 42 including a rotatable head supporting saidspeaker, a pivotal tone arm arranged on said head for carrying saidstylus, and a spring for biasing said tone arm radially outward relativeto said grooves.

52. The toy of claim 51 including: a stylus rocker arm pivotally mountedon said tone arm and carrying a stylus so movement of said stylus inresponse to mechanical modulations in said grooves rocks said stylusrocker arm about a pivot axis; a speaker rocker arm generally transverseto said stylus rocker arm and pivotally supported on said head forrocking motion about a pivot axis; means for coupling the central regionof said speaker to a region of said speaker rocker arm off said pivotaxis of said speaker rocker arm; and surfaces of said stylus rocker armon opposite sides of said pivot axis of said stylus rocker arm engagingsurfaces of said speaker rocker arm on opposite sides of said pivot axisof said speaker rocker arm so said motion of said stylus rocker arm istransmitted to said speaker rocker arm and through said coupling meansto said speaker.

53. The toy of claim 52 including ridges formed along the edges of saidspeaker rocker arm on opposite sides of said pivot axis of said speakerrocker arm, one of said surfaces of said stylus rocker arm on one sideof said pivot axis of said stylus rocker arm engaging one of saidridges, and another surface of said stylus rocker arm on the oppositeside of said pivot axis of said stylus rocker arm engaging the other ofsaid ridges.

54. The toy of claim 52 wherein said stylus in mounted forward of saidspeaker rocker arm pivot axis in the direction of motion of said stylusrelative to said grooves.

55. The toy of claim 54 wherein said stylus in mounted radially outwardfrom the pivot axis of said stylus rocker arm.

56. The toy of claim 51 wherein said selector mechanism includes amanually movable pointer mounted in the region of said visible displaysand coupled to said cam for positioning said cam.

57. The toy of claim 56 wherein said grooves are arranged in radiallyseparated spirals, and said cam is movable radially relative to saidgrooves, and wherein said cam includes a surface for holding said stylusaway from said record element as said stylus moves and for guiding saidstylus to a release region radially movable relative to said grooves.

58. The toy of claim 56 wherein said grooves are arranged in angularlyseparated spirals, and said cam is movable angularly relative to saidgrooves; and wherein said cam includes a surface for holding said stylusaway from said record element as said stylus moves and for guiding saidstylus to a release region angularly movable relative to said grooves.

59. The toy of claim 40 wherein said central opening and said engagingportion of said hub having corresponding conical shapes.

60. The toy of claim 42 wherein said speaker is arranged concentricallywith said spiral grooves.

61. The toy of claim 52 wherein said speaker is arranged concentricallywith said spiral grooves.

1. An audio visual toy comprising: a. a support; b. a record elementheld by said support; c. a plurality of visual displays arranged on saidrecord element to be visible to an operatOr; d. a plurality ofrecordings on said record element; e. each of said recordings beingcorrelated to one of said visual displays; f. a transducer forreproducing sound from from said recordings; g. means for mounting saidtransducer for movement relative to said record element for trackingrecordings while said visible displays stand still; h. means for drivingsaid transducer in said tracking motion; i. a selector mechanism movablymounted on said support for selecting an operator''s choice of saidvisual displays; j. said selector mechanism being arranged so that theselection of one of said visual displays determines that said transducerwill track the one of said recordings correlated with said selectedvisual display when said transducer is driven relative to said recordelement; k. a yoke; l. means for movably mounting said yoke on saidsupport; m. means for biasing said yoke toward a normally assumedposition; n. means for interengaging said yoke and said transducermounting means upon said actuation for retracting said transducer fromsaid record element; and o. means for interengaging said selectormechanism and said yoke to cause said actuation of said yoke when saidselector mechanism is moved from a choice position.
 2. The toy of claim1 wherein said record element is removable from said support andinterchangeable with other record elements, and means are arranged onsaid support for causing said actuation of said yoke when said recordelement is moved to or from its operating position.
 3. The toy of claim2 wherein said record element is generally plane with said visualdisplays arranged on one face and said recordings arranged on theopposite face.
 4. The toy of claim 1 wherein said record element isindexable through a sequence of positions each of which includes saidvisual displays and said recordings, an index device is arranged on saidsupport for indexing said record element, and means for interengagingsaid index device and said yoke to cause said actuation of said yokeupon operation of said index device.
 5. The toy of claim 4 wherein saidrecord element is generally plane with said visual displays arranged onone face and said recordings arranged on the opposite face.
 6. Toy ofclaim 4 wherein said record element is removable from said support andinterchangeable with other record elements, and means are arranged onsaid support for causing said actuation of said yoke when said recordelement is moved to or from its operating position.
 7. The toy of claim6 wherein the periphery of said record element is formed with a notchfor each of said index position, and registration means is arranged forcausing said actuation of said yoke except when one of said notches isregistered with said registration means.
 8. The toy of clam 7 whereinthe periphery of said record element is formed with a notch for each ofsaid index positions, and registration means is arranged for causingsaid actuation of said yoke except when one of said notches isregistered with said registration means.
 9. The toy of claim 1 whereinsaid record element is generally plane with said visual displaysarranged on one face and said recordings arranged on the opposite face.10. The toy of claim 1 wherein said visual displays include a referencedisplay and a plurality of related displays; a reference one of saidrecordings correlates with said reference display and containsinformation as to the desired relationship between said referencedisplay and one of said related displays; and a related one of saidrecordings correlates with each of said related displays and containsinformation as to the relationship between said reference display andthe respective
 11. The toy of claim 10 wherein said record element isgenerally plane with said visual displays arranged on one face and saidrecordings arranged on the opposite face.
 12. The toy of claim 11wherein the periphery of said record element is formed with a pluralityof index notches arranged for locating each of said correlated displaysand recordings.
 13. The toy of claim 1 wherein said transducer mountingmeans comprises: a rotatably driven element; a head carrying saidtransducer and pivotally mounted on said driven element; a bias springbetween said driven element and said head for biasing said head on itspivot to urge said transducer toward said record element; and saidactuation of said yoke being arranged to cause movement of said headagainst said bias.
 14. The toy of claim 13 wherein said recordingscomprise spiral grooves on said record element and said transducerincludes a speaker and stylus arranged on said head.
 15. The toy ofclaim 14 wherein said yoke includes a ring encircling said head, and alug is arranged on the same side of said head as said stylus forengagement with said ring.
 16. The toy of claim 15 wherein said selectormechanism is arranged to cause said actuation of said yoke when saidselector mechanism is moved from a choice position.
 17. The toy of claim23 wherein said selector mechanism includes a notched region, and saidyoke carries a follower for engaging said notched region for causingsaid actuation of said yoke when said notched region is moved duringselection.
 18. The toy of claim 15 wherein said record element isremovable from said support and interchangeable with other recordelements, and means are arranged on said support for causing saidactuation of said yoke when said record element is moved to or from itsoperating position.
 19. The toy of claim 18 wherein said record elementis generally plane with said visual displays arranged on one face andsaid recordings arranged on the opposite face.
 20. The toy of claim 19wherein said support is formed with a slot for receiving said recordelement, a slot-blocking member is movably arranged in said slot to bemoved aside whenever said record element is inserted or withdrawn, andmovement of said slot-blocking member is arranged to cause saidactuation of said yoke.
 21. The toy of claim 20 wherein said selectormechanism includes a notched region, and said yoke carries a followerfor engaging said notched region for causing said actuation of said yokewhen said notched region is moved during selection.
 22. The toy of claim20 including a movable hub for engaging a central opening in said recordelement, said slot-blocking member being arranged for retracting saidhub from said record element, and said hub being coupled to said yokefor causing said actuation of said yoke when said hub is retracted. 23.The toy of claim 22 including a spring for biasing said hub towardengagement with said record element, said slot-blocking member beingpivotally mounted and arranged for moving said hub against said springwhen said slot-blocking member is moved aside, and an extension fromsaid hub being arranged to engage and actuate said yoke when said hub isretracted.
 24. The toy of claim 15 wherein said record element is inindexable through a sequence of positions each of which includes saidvisual displays and said recordings, an index device is arranged tocause said actuation of said yoke upon operation of said index device.25. The toy of claim 24 wherein said yoke has a surface extending in thedirection of travel of said index device, and said index includes a camfor engaging said yoke surface when said index device is moved forindexing said record element.
 26. The toy of claim 24 wherein theperiphery of said record element is formed with a notch for each of saidindex positions and registration means is arranged for causing saidactuation of said yoke except when one of said notches is registeredwith said registration means.
 27. The toy of claim 24 wherein theperiphery of said record element is formed with a plurality of indexnotches arranged for locating each of said correlated displays andrecordings.
 28. The toy of claim 27 wherein said index device includes amovable pawl For engaging said notches in succession to advance saidrecord element upon actuation of said index device.
 29. The toy of claim28 including a holding pawl for engaging one of said notches when saidrecord element is in one of said index position.
 30. The toy of claim 29wherein said yoke has a surface extending in the direction of travel ofsaid index device, and said index includes a cam for engaging said yokesurface when said index device in moved for indexing said recordelement.
 31. The toy of claim 30 wherein said selector mechanismincludes a notched region; and said yoke carries a follower for engagingsaid notched region for causing said actuation of said yoke when saidnotched region is moved during selection.
 32. The toy of claim 24wherein said selector mechanism includes a notched region, and said yokecarries a follower for engaging said notched region for causing saidactuation of said yoke when said notched region is moved duringselection.
 33. The toy of claim 24 wherein said record element isremovable from said support and interchangeable with other recordelements, and means are arranged on said support for causing saidactuation of said yoke when said record element is moved to of from itsoperating position.
 34. The toy of claim 33 wherein said record elementis generally plane with said visual displays arranged on one face andsaid recordings arranged on the opposite face.
 35. The toy of claim 34wherein said support is formed with a slot for receiving said recordelement; a slot-blocking member is movably arranged in said slot to bemoved aside wherever said record element is inserted or withdrawn; andmovement of said slot-blocking member is arranged to cause saidactuation of said yoke.
 36. The toy of claim 35 including a movable hubfor engaging a central opening in said record element, saidslot-blocking member being arranged for retracting said hub from saidrecord element, and said hub being coupled to said yoke for causing saidactuation of said yoke when said hub is retracted.
 37. The toy of claim36 including a spring for biasing said hub toward engagement with saidrecord element, said slot-blocking member being pivotally mounted andarranged for moving said hub against said spring when said slot-blockingmember is moved aside, and an extension from said hub being arranged toengage and actuate said yoke when said hub is retracted.
 38. The toy ofclaim 1 wherein said transducer mounting means comprises a rotatablydriven mechanism carrying said transducer and said driving meansincludes a speed-regulated, spring motor drive arranged for rotatingsaid driven mechanism.
 39. The toy of claim 38 wherein said spring motoris wound by a cord tensioned by a carriage movable within said support,and a handle external to said support engages said carriage for saidwinding movement.
 40. The toy of claim 439 wherein a ratchet is arrangedalong the path of movement of said carriage, and a cog is pivotallyarranged on said carriage to engage said ratchet to prevent movement ofsaid carriage toward an unwinding direction from any partially woundposition.
 41. The toy of claim 40 wherein said cog is arranged forpivoting after full winding motion of said carriage to permit movementof said carriage is said unwinding direction.
 42. The toy of claim 1wherein said recordings comprise spiral grooves on said record element;said transducer comprises a speaker and rotatable stylus for trackingsaid grooves; said selector mechanism includes a movable cam; and afollower projection is mounted in the region of said stylus for engagingsaid cam to guide said stylus into a selected one of said grooves. 43.The toy of claim 42 wherein said grooves are arranged in radiallyseparated spirals and said cam is movable radially relative to saidgrooves.
 44. The toy of claim 43 wherein said cam includes a surface forholding said stylus away from said record element as said stylus movesand for guiding said stylus to a releaSe region radially movablerelative to said grooves.
 45. The toy of claim 42 wherein said groovesare arranged in angularly separated spirals, and said cam is movableangularly relative to said grooves.
 46. The toy of claim 45 wherein saidcam includes a surface for holding said stylus away from said recordelement as said stylus moves and for guiding said stylus to a releaseregion angularly movable relative to said grooves.
 47. The you of claim42 wherein said selector mechanism includes a manually movable pointermounted in the region of said visible displays and coupled to said camfor positioning said cam.
 48. The toy of claim 47 wherein said groovesare arranged in radially separated apirals, and said cam is movableradially relative to said grooves; and wherein said cam includes asurface for holding sand stylus away from said record element as saidstylus moves and for holding said stylus to a release region radiallymovable relative to said grooves.
 49. The toy of claim 47 wherein saidgrooves are arranged in angularly separated spirals, and said cam ismovable angularly relative to said grooves; and wherein said camincludes a surface for holding said stylus away from said record elementas said stylus moves and for guiding said stylus to a release regionangularly movable relative to said grooves.
 50. The toy of claim 47including a rotatable head supporting said speaker, a pivotal tone armarranged on said head for carrying said stylus, and a spring for biasingsaid tone arm radially outward relative to said grooves.
 51. The toy ofclaim 42 including a rotatable head supporting said speaker, a pivotaltone arm arranged on said head for carrying said stylus, and a springfor biasing said tone arm radially outward relative to said grooves. 52.The toy of claim 51 including: a stylus rocker arm pivotally mounted onsaid tone arm and carrying a stylus so movement of said stylus inresponse to mechanical modulations in said grooves rocks said stylusrocker arm about a pivot axis; a speaker rocker arm generally transverseto said stylus rocker arm and pivotally supported on said head forrocking motion about a pivot axis; means for coupling the central regionof said speaker to a region of said speaker rocker arm off said pivotaxis of said speaker rocker arm; and surfaces of said stylus rocker armon opposite sides of said pivot axis of said stylus rocker arm engagingsurfaces of said speaker rocker arm on opposite sides of said pivot axisof said speaker rocker arm so said motion of said stylus rocker arm istransmitted to said speaker rocker arm and through said coupling meansto said speaker.
 53. The toy of claim 52 including ridges formed alongthe edges of said speaker rocker arm on opposite sides of said pivotaxis of said speaker rocker arm, one of said surfaces of said stylusrocker arm on one side of said pivot axis of said stylus rocker armengaging one of said ridges, and another surface of said stylus rockerarm on the opposite side of said pivot axis of said stylus rocker armengaging the other of said ridges.
 54. The toy of claim 52 wherein saidstylus in mounted forward of said speaker rocker arm pivot axis in thedirection of motion of said stylus relative to said grooves.
 55. The toyof claim 54 wherein said stylus in mounted radially outward from thepivot axis of said stylus rocker arm.
 56. The toy of claim 51 whereinsaid selector mechanism includes a manually movable pointer mounted inthe region of said visible displays and coupled to said cam forpositioning said cam.
 57. The toy of claim 56 wherein said grooves arearranged in radially separated spirals, and said cam is movable radiallyrelative to said grooves, and wherein said cam includes a surface forholding said stylus away from said record element as said stylus movesand for guiding said stylus to a release region radially movablerelative to said grooves.
 58. The toy of claim 56 wherein said groovesare arranged in angularly separated spirals, and saiD cam is movableangularly relative to said grooves; and wherein said cam includes asurface for holding said stylus away from said record element as saidstylus moves and for guiding said stylus to a release region angularlymovable relative to said grooves.
 59. The toy of claim 40 wherein saidcentral opening and said engaging portion of said hub havingcorresponding conical shapes.
 60. The toy of claim 42 wherein saidspeaker is arranged concentrically with said spiral grooves.
 61. The toyof claim 52 wherein said speaker is arranged concentrically with saidspiral grooves.